Another Friday that we can be faithful

Well on this cool Friday morning I have a nice warm fire for you, warm my bones and sit a while I found this verse to think about, while we are sitting enjoying the fire. It goes really well with it. ☺

1 Cor 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Sometimes I think we are all guilty of serving the lord in our own strength, instead of in his spirit. That would be called Wood, Hay, and Stubble. This will all be burned, only the things we do for Christ out of a loving and dedicated spirit will be saved.

May we all be very careful how we work for the lord, is it for us, or is it for him, just think on these things, God will reveal what he wants from you and show you all truth.

May HE give us daily the ability to serve HIM with all of our hearts and love HIM above all else.

Have a blessed weekend, stay warm, and keep your eyes on Jesus.

Lots of love and Prayer

Whachadoin' Wednesday

Outside my window............Sun is shining, and it is cool

I am thinking.................of my Thanksgiving feast and what I have to do yet.

I am thankful for.............for all the blessings from on high, God has been so good.

From the kitchen........the smell of coffee, yeah we are drinking coffee today

I am wearing...............my nightgown, robe and slippers.

I am remembering..........my first Thanksgiving and how proud I was of my Turkey, I have a photo some where I look about 10, giggles grin from eat to ear.

I am going..........to finish my laundry today, and make Spaghetti for dinner.

I am reading.........a book about King David, an old historical book I picked up at a yard sale.

I am hoping............and praying that God will bless this new little church, and that he will grow a good work there in Kingsland, GA.

Earlier this morning When we put our chickens up last night one was missing, we looked all around the yard and she was no where in sight. I was sick, this was Esther my favorite hen, and she is my bold one too. Well this morning I was awaken by a loud clucking, it was Esther on my back porch, LOL not a clue where she spent the night but she was ready to join her sister hens, I grabbed the feed can and she followed me straightway to her pen, I opened her door and she went right in with glee, when I left out back they all were happy hens clucking and eating the food I had given.

When I come inside I had dogs to feed, and coffee to make, we I am tried already, and my day has just begun.


Oh pray for my dh, he is preaching tonight at the church he is going to Pastor, not sure if I told you or not, but Sunday he will begin to be Pastor of Gospel Light Baptist Church. The pastor that is there now called yesterday sick, so wanted him to come tonight, soooooooo we are at another church now, and pray God will bless and lead and help us to grow this church.


How to Make a Nut Wreath

Decorate for the holidays this season with this festive homemade nut wreath! A wide variety of nuts is sold at holiday time. Fashion them into this charming decoration especially suitable for Thanksgiving.

Materials needed:


1 straw or grapevine wreath form (10 to 12 inches)
an assortment of unshelled walnuts, chestnuts, filberts (hazelnuts), almonds, and brazil nuts
acrylic varnish
brush
wire
glue gun
pine sprigs, ivy, or small grape leaves (optional)
ribbon


Directions:


To give the wreath a special sheen, paint the filberts and chestnuts with varnish and set them on a wire rack to dry.


Attach a loop of wire to the back of the wreath form for hanging it when complete.


Glue on the nuts, working slowly around the wreath, making sure they are all secured. Start with the largest nuts—walnuts, chestnuts, and Brazil nuts, and use the smaller filberts and almonds to fill in around them.


Using a glue gun, attach the greens or leaves to the wreath form in between the nuts.


Tie the ribbon into a bow and secure it to the wreath with glue or wire.



Tasty Tuesday

     

 

 

Apple Walnut Bundt Cake

 

Ingredients

2 cups apples - peeled, cored and diced

1 tablespoon white sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 cups all-purpose flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups white sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup orange juice

2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 eggs

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

Directions

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt or tube pan. In a medium bowl, combine the diced apples, 1 tablespoon white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

2.In a large bowl, combine 2 cups white sugar, oil, orange juice, vanilla and eggs. Beat at high speed until smooth. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in chopped walnuts.

3.Pour 1/3 of the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the apple mixture. Alternate layers of batter and filling, ending with batter.

4.Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

This is the season for apples, use them wisely and bake up a storm while the weather is cool, these freeze well too, so you can bake several and have them fresh from the freezer all year round.

Lots of hugs and prayers

Magnificent Monday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How many remember hanging their clothes out on the clothes line, Up until 1976 I did just that, then I found out they had inside clothes dryers, nothing like them, I do hang some things on the line still, but not often and not many. Thought you would enjoy this little poem about Clotheslines.

 

CLOTHESLINES

A clothesline was a news forecast, to neighbors passing by,

there were no secrets you could keep, when clothes were hung to dry.

It also was a friendly line, for neighbors always knew,

if company had stopped by, to spend a night or two.

 

For then you'd see the fancy sheets, and towels upon the line;

you'd see the company table cloths, with the intricate design.

The line announced a baby's birth, to folks who lived inside.

As brand new infant clothes were hung, so carefully with pride.

 

The ages of the children could so readily be known,

By watching how the sizes changed, you'd know how much they'd grown.

It also told when illness struck, as extra sheets were hung,

Then night clothes, and bathrobe too, haphazardly were strung.

 

It said, "Gone on vacation now" when lines hung limp and bare,

It told "Were back!" when full lines sagged, with not an inch to spare.

New folks in town were scorned upon, if wash was dingy gray,

As neighbors raised their brows, and looked disgustedly away.

 

But clotheslines now are of the past, for dryers make work less,

Now what goes on inside the home, is anybodies guess.

I really miss that way of life, It was a friendly sing,

When neighbors knew each other best, by what hung on the line.

 

PUMPKIN COBBLER

 

Combine ingredients:

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 (12oz) can evaporated milk

1 (16oz) can pumpkin

1 tsp pumpkin spice

Preheat oven to 350*. Mix well and pour into a greased 9x13" pan. Crumble a dry yellow cake mix over this, then drizzle 3/4 c melted butter over the top and sprinkle 1 cup of chopped pecans over that. Bake one hour at 350*. Let cool about 10-30 minutes and then serve, topped with vanilla ice cream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



~Sanctified Sunday~

Eph 4:12

1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

9 Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Praising God for his giving of sisters, I love you all, and it is a wonderful time we can join in fellowship with one and other, through the ministry of Jesus Christ, friends become family, and family become friends, well in some cases, not all some times we loose family to the world, and it is heart breaking, but us that are in Christ find a solace that the world cannot provide in any way. Have a wonderful Sonday my sisters, and will post again tomorrow, just wanted to say hi and let you know I care about you, and know that your reading will be pure joy when it is the reading of His word.. Be blessed, be a blessing ♥

Just as food is to our body, God's word is to our soul, lets feed our soul and spirit, then we will give a recipe to fill the body, I love the word of God, and I have posted a Thanksgiving post on my ladies message board, every day we go list some thing we are thankful for, some times we use scripture some times it is just something God has blessed us with for the day. The point is to keep us aware of where our thanksgiving needs to be directed, God truly blesses each of us daily, and abundantly,  let us this month of Thanks Giving, concentrate on the one whom all blessing come from, and give him the due thanks he truly deserves. God bless you my dear blogging friends, and without God it is impossible to have a Happy Thanks Giving. Here is some scripture of thanks giving, may it bless your heart as it does mine. Below I will post some recipes for your thanksgiving dinner too, lots of love and prayers.

Psalm 95:1-6


1O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6  O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Ingredients:

1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
2 cup pecan halves
3 large eggs, beaten
3 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoon vanilla
3 ounce semisweet chocolate, chopped


Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Cover bottom of pie crust with pecans.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and melted butter. Add the corn syrup, sugar, bourbon and the chopped chocolate. Stir until all ingredients are combined. Pour mixture into the pie shell over the pecans and place on a heavy-duty cookie sheet.


Bake for 10 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to bake for an additional 25 minutes or until pie is set. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

Broccoli Salad

Ingredients
3 cups broccoli flowerets
1/2 cup sharp reduced-fat cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 cup red onion, sliced
5 tablespoons turkey bacon (cooked and crumbled) or bacon bits


Dressing
3/4 cup low fat mayonnaise
3 tablespoons sugar
1-1/2 tablespoons vinegar


Combine broccoli, cheese, onion and bacon. Mix the dressing
and toss with the broccoli mixture. Chill and serve.

Old-fashioned giblet dressing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

turkey giblets

water

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup finely chopped celery

1/2 cup butter

8 cups dry bread crumbs (about 14 slices of bread)

1 teaspoon seasoned salt or celery salt

1 teaspoon poultry seasoning

1/4 teaspoon pepper

PreparationIn saucepan, combine giblets (not the liver) and enough water to cover and salt. Cover and simmer for about 2 hours, until tender. Add liver; cover and simmer for 25 minutes longer. Cool giblets and broth slightly. Remove and chop giblets; set aside and reserve 1 cup of the broth.

Melt butter in a skillet over medium low heat; cook onion and celery until tender; combine with bread crumbs,  chopped giblets, seasoned salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Add reserved broth, tossing lightly to moisten. Spoon into a buttered 2-quart baking dish. Cover tightly and bake at 350° for 40 to 45 minutes. May also be cooked the bird - stuffs a 10 to 12 pound turkey.  I stuffed my bird, it seems the stuffing tastes so much better, I really clean the cavity good, and put lots of salt in the cavity too, then rinse again then stuff.

 

Buttery Sweet Potato Casserole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

2 cans (15-3/4 ounces each) sweet potatoes, drained and mashed

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup butter, melted

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Dash salt

TOPPING:

1 cup coarsely crushed butter-flavored crackers (about 25 crackers)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup butter, melted

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over sweet potato mixture.

Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Wonderful Thanks Giving Recipes and How To's

 

I thought Thanksgiving  being just around the corner I would start posting some wonderful recipes, I have so many and I know many younger women will be looking for new recipes to try. I think this first on will be on how to make a good and flaky pie crust, that is such an accomplishment when we learn how to, and it does not look like a jig saw puzzle, so I will list that first, then give you a few recipes for today, and daily or every other day until Thanksgiving.

 

Perfect Pie Crusts

The Basic Four

There are just four basic ingredients in a pie crust: flour, fat, water, and salt.
From there, you can come up with all kinds of tasty variations just by altering your basic ingredients, as long as you stick to the ratio of three parts flour, two parts fat, and one part liquid.

3-2-1 Dough

Flour: For a tender crust, choose a low-protein flour. Pastry flour, with a protein content of about 8-10%, ranks between all-purpose flour and cake flour. All-purpose flour works just fine for pie crusts, while cake flour might lack enough protein to form a workable, elastic dough.

Depending upon your tastes and the recipe, you can substitute nut flours (almond flour or hazelnut flour) or whole wheat pastry flour for part of the mixture.

If you're a novice crust-maker, start with a plain all-purpose or pastry flour dough
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Fat: Flaky crusts can be made from a variety of fats: butter, lard, shortening, duck fat, vegetable oil, or nut oils.

Crusts made with all butter are very flavorful, though they are generally not quite as flaky as crusts made with shortening or lard.

Vegetable shortening pie doughs are easier to work with and hold their shape better than all-butter crusts, but the flavor won't be as rich.

Lard produces the flakiest crust, but processed lard can have a chemical aftertaste. Some butchers or farmers' market stands might sell fresh rendered lard.

Some of the best pie crusts are made with a combination of fats: half butter, for flavor, and half shortening or lard, for flakiness.

Fans of crispier crusts use melted butter or oil for the fat, resulting in a mealier dough that bakes up as a fine-textured, crisp crust.
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Liquid: Ice water, fruit juices, egg yolks, sour cream, milk or cream add different flavors and textures to your pie crust.

When adding liquid to the flour and fat mixture, it should be ice-cold in order to keep the pieces of fat cool and separate.

Always add liquid a tablespoon at a time, tossing with the flour mixture.

Humidity can affect dough performance, so you might need less liquid than the recipe calls for.

If your dough becomes too wet, you'll need to add more flour to roll out the crust, throwing off your ratio and resulting in a tough crust.

A little bit of acid--vinegar or lemon juice--helps tenderize the dough and prevents it from oxidizing.
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Salt: don't forget to add a pinch of salt to enhance the flavor of your crust.

For a sweeter crust, add a tablespoon or two of confectioners' sugar. Granulated sugar can make the dough sticky and harder to work with.
Other additions: Wheat germ, a pinch of spice, a dash of flavorful liqueur or cold brewed coffee are all good additions to pie crusts.

Butter and lard crust recipes:

No Fail Pie Crust
Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup cold water
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

Directions
In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in shortening until it resembles coarse crumbs.

Mix egg, water and vinegar together. Pour into flour all at once and blend with a fork until dough forms a ball.

Wrap with plastic and chill in refrigerator.

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Ingredients

2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
4 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a large bowl, blend together the eggs, white sugar, brown sugar, flour, butter, corn syrup and vanilla.

Add the chocolate chips and pecans; mix well and pour into pie crusts.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes.

Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients


1 pie crust, 
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk

Directions

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie pan brown some what.
In large bowl, beat eggs with wire whisk. Stir in remaining ingredients until well blended. Pour into crust-lined pan.

Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F; bake 40 to 50 minutes longer or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Store in refrigerator.
 

Giving God Honor and Worship


1Chronicles 16:29  Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Ps 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.


Ps 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.


Ps 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.


Ps 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.


Ps 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.


Ps 96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.


Ps 99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.


Ps 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
 
These scriptures are all so wonderful, and point us in the way of worshipping the lord, he is worthy and he is where all the honor and glory needs to be going, may I never take credit for anything the Lord has done, may I never steal any of his glory, it is all God, he is the one we need to give Honor, and Worship each Lord's day, the first day of the week, that is Sunday, some confuse this with the Sabbath, Saturday is the Sabbath and the day of rest, Sunday is the Lord's day, where we set aside to go worship him, bring our tithes and our give his honor on this day, we have so many days all week, how can we not give our full attention to him on this one day, I am happy when I can go worship the lord, and our day yesterday was a grand one.

I am very tired other than that, I am  wonderful.

We had a splendid day, such good preaching, and singing and sweet fellowship with these dear saints of God.

We had a great morning service, the power of God was on my dear husband, it amazes me how the Holy Spirit fills him, and how boldly he preaches. Then we left the morning service and went to our son's for dinner and a nap, my daughter in law fixed a great meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Our evening service was really good too, my dh message was is your well dry?  It was so good, from Jeremiah and Genesis , very good, and some got things right, and ready for God to bless.  He sang Only the Blood, and I sang He didn't throw the clay away, and The cross, God blessed our voices and I am sure it brought him glory.

After the evening services we went to our friend's Pat and Jerry, and we all went out to grab a bite to eat, had a sweet time as always with them, and headed home, it was after 11 PM before we got home, I was so tired, and starting to get really sore about half way home, but made it fine, and getting my cup so filled, I slept really good til this monring at 7:30

We are going to rest today, honey is very tired too, lol we know now, we are both able to travel some distance and do what God calls us to do, so pray God opens some more doors for us, where he can preach more often, God is so good, love y'all and missed being with you yesterday.

Foodie Friday

Balsamic Pea Salad

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package frozen green peas 1/2 cup chopped almonds 1/2 cup chopped green onions 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese 3/4 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar black pepper to taste


Directions


Place peas in a colander, and run warm water over them until they are thawed. Place in a large bowl.


Toast almonds in a skillet over medium heat. Then combine with peas.


Stir in onions, feta cheese, and mayonnaise. Mix in balsamic vinegar, and season with pepper. Cover, and refrigerator.

This salad is so delicious, I love it, and make it a lot to take to events at church, hope you like it.

Granola Snacks, Quick and easy snacks

Ingredients



2 1/2 cups crispy rice cereal 2 cups quick-cooking oats 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Directions


In a large bowl, stir together the rice cereal and oats. Set aside. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.


Combine the brown sugar and corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat just until boiling, then remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth. Pour over the cereal and oat mixture, and mix well.


Press into the prepared pan using the back of a large spoon. Allow to cool, then cut into squares.